Relative AMBA‐ and ‐O‐ of Reference “that, which, who”

There are two ways to construct the relative clause “that, which, who”

1.       Using amba-

2.      Using infix -o-

  

AMBA	-0-
Mtu ambaye alisoma	mtu aliyesoma	[the person who/that studied]
Watu ambao walisoma	watu waliosoma	[the people who/that studied]
Kiti ambacho kilianguka	kiti kilichoanguka	[the chair which/that fell]
Viti ambavyo vilianguka	viti vilivyoanguka	[the chairs which/that fell]
Mti ambao ulikatwa	mti uliokatwa	[the tree which/that was cut]
Miti ambayo ilikatwa	miti iliyokatwa	[the trees which/that were cut]
Gari ambalo linasafishwa	gari linaloshafishwa	[the car which/that is been cleaned]
Magari ambayo yanasafishwa	magari yanayoshafishwa	[the cars which/that are been cleaned]

 

 

 

Noun class	“that, which, who”
1.      M-WA	Mtu ambaye Watu ambao
2.     M-MI	Mti ambao Miti ambayo
3.     JI-MA	Jina ambalo Majina ambayo
4.    KI-VI [Cha-Vya]	Chakula ambacho Vyakula ambavyo
5.     N	Nyumba ambayo Nyumba ambazo
6.    U	Ukuta ambao Kuta ambazo
7.     KU	Kusoma ambako
8.    PA, KU, MU	Pahali ambapo Mahali ambako Mahali ambamo

 

 Zoezi [Exercise 1]

Kikombe____________kimevunjika

Ambaye

Ambako

Ambacho

Ambalo

Viatu _________vimenunuliwa ni vyake

Ambavyo

Ambayo

Ambacho

Ambaye

Mwalimu _______atatufundisha

Ambaye

Ambao 

Ambayo

Ambalo

Kazi __________ anaifanya ni nzuri

Ambayo

Ambaye

Ambacho

Ambalo

Mgeni amba____atakuja ni waziri

lo

ko

ye

cho

Nyumba amba_____ itajengwa ni ya babu

ye

yo

ko

lo

Ukuta ______ulianguka

ambayo

ambaye

ambao

ambazo

Mti ___________ utakatwa ni wa babu

ambao 

ambaye

ambalo

ambacho

Mahali _________anasimama pamefagiliwa

ambamo

ambayo

ambako

Daraja __________ lilianguka limetengenezwa

ambazo

ambayo

ambalo

ambako

Nyumba amba____  imeanguka itajengwa

zo

ye

yo

lo

Chai amba___ itapikwa ni ya wageni

o

zo

yo

po

Wanyama amba__ wamepatikana ni wengi

ye

o

lo

zo

Exercise 2

Translate to Kiswahili in two ways; using ‘amba’ and ‘-o- reference.’

E.g., The child that is crying:    Mtoto ambaye analia

Mtoto anayelia

 

1.       The person who cooked is this one.

2.      The people who cooked are these ones.

3.      The chair that was sold is mine.

4.      The chairs that were sold are mine.

5.      The women who ran.

6.      The guests who arrived yesterday.

7.      The bus that picked him up.

8.     The house which will be sold tomorrow.

9.      The reading which was bad.

10.  The window which was cleaned.